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...Million __ March (gun-control event slated for May 14) 4. Sprint competitor 7. Stare stupidly 11. Versatile vehicles, for short 13. U.S.S.R. successor 14. Boulder County D.A. Hunter, who is leaving office 15. Mohammed Mustafa __, Syria's new Prime Minister 16. "Wheels" 17. Like a sourball 18. Clinton retraced a march here 20. Bush labeled Gore "an __ of Washington" 22. Article of the Constitution that defines treason 23. J.F.K. sked information 24. The Pope apologized for the church's sins at the Day of __ Mass 27. Three ex-N.Y.P.D. officers were convicted of conspiracy in the __ torture case...
Israel - and the U.S. - had hoped to conclude a land-for-peace deal with Syria before the ailing, 71-year-old Assad leaves office, for fear that a successor may lack the strongman's authority to make security concessions to the Jewish state in exchange for the return of captured territory. But Sunday's failure to secure any agreement means that it might well be left to Syria's next leader to chart the way to peace with Israel. Chances of an early breakthrough may be diminished by Israel's Lebanon withdrawal - which deprives Syria, with its substantial military control...
...Carnesale's pick to lead the project, Deb Mauger, left in 1997. Her successor departed this past summer. Carnesale himself was replaced by Provost Fineberg...
Which brings us to political reality. In a primary where the handpicked successor of a popular two-term president was the front-runner, Bill Bradley had to show how different he was--personally and politically. The only way he could do that was by running to the left of the Vice president. But by doing so, he removed himself from the main-stream and eliminated his chances of winning the general election--which is ultimately what Democratic voters, just like Republican voters, want...
...future: "Whoever is afraid of the referendum is afraid of the truth." He quickly became one of the world's most prominent political prisoners, writing poetry and letters to keep the dream of independence alive. In 1997 Mandela visited and called for his release. A year later, Suharto's successor, B.J. Habibie, surprised everyone--particularly his own military--by taking up Gusmao's challenge of a referendum on full independence for East Timor. And when Indonesia lost the vote, the generals unleashed their armed militias on the Timorese people for two weeks of blind terror...